Planning Ministry announces different sectors' contributions to GDP

CAIRO - 6 August 2018: The Planning Ministry announced on Monday different sectors' contributions to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the fourth quarter of the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

In a statement, the ministry said the extractive industries sector contributed 17.6 percent to the GDP during the fourth quarter of FY 2017/2018 to be followed by the construction sector (10.9 percent), the transformative industries sector (9.9 percent), retail and the wholesale sector (8.7 percent), real estate activities (7.4 percent) and the agriculture sector (6.3 percent).

As for the entire FY 2017/2018, the extractive industries sector contributed 15.8 percent to the GDP to be followed by the transformative industries sector (12.2 percent), construction sector (10.3%), retail and the wholesale sector (9.6 percent), real estate activities (7 percent) and the agriculture sector (6.8 percent).